Title :
Low optical power embedded OTDR
Author :
Devicharan, Deepak ; Zahnley, Timothy ; Dahl, Scott ; Gurusami, Aravanan ; McClean, Ian
Author_Institution :
II-VI Photonics Inc., Horseheads, NY, USA
Abstract :
A live fiber loss measurement technique with 0dBm laser source accurately identifies losses over 100km fiber with no change to distance resolution. Multiple levels of length and resolution analysis are obtained from a single dataset.
Keywords :
optical fibre testing; optical loss measurement; optical time-domain reflectometry; distance 100 km; fiber loss measurement; laser source; optical time domain reflectometry; resolution analysis; Adaptive optics; Backscatter; Optical fibers; Optical reflection; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
